Pentimento Author:Lillian Hellman Lillian Hellman's PENTIMENTO, A loose collection of autobiographical essays and stories, has been both controversial and famous. Hellman shows a remarkable gift for capturing place, time, and character, zeroing in on her New Orleans family, her lover Hammett, and the legendary Tallulah Bankhead to name but a few. From the lunacy of personalizing... more » condoms in Hollywood to the drunken jitters of opening night on Broadway, Hellman makes you see it, feel it, touch it, taste it. It is a brilliant accomplishment-- excerpts from a review on Amazon« less
Memoir that takes another look at several phases of her life from puberty through the death of Hammett. Well written, no holds barred. This, I believe, should be considered a classic in the genre of memoirs.